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Orderly Book 



of 



General George Washington 

Commander in Chief of the 
American Armies 



Kept at 

Valley Forge, i8 May — ii June, 1778 




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Boston, New York and London 



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Copyright, 1898, 
By Lamson, WolfFe and Company. 



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The original of the Orderly Book here printed is pre- 
served in the Boston Athenaeum. The undersigned is 
indebted to the Trustees of that Institution for the privi- 
lege of publishing it. The orders are for the most part 
in the handwriting of Major Samuel Shaw. The War 
Department at Washington possesses several of Washing- 
ton's Orderly Books, but none covering the period of the 

present volume. 

APPLETON P. C. GRIFFIN. 

Boston, February, 1897- 



ORDERLY BOOK 



oXXo 



Officers 

for duty 

Tomorrow 



Head Quarters i8 May 1778. 

Brig. Gen^ Patterson 

Lt. Col°. Cropper 

Major Conway 

Brigade Major Marvin 

Inspector from Learned's Brigade 

The Commander in Chief has the pleasure to 
inform the Army, that the honorable Congress have 
been pleased to come to the following resolutions 

In Congress, May i 1778 

Resolved Unanimously, That all Military officers 
commissioned by Congress who now are, or here- 
after may be, in the Service of the United States, 
and shall continue to [serve ?] during the war, and 
shall not hold an [office] of profit under these States 
or any office after the conclusion of the war, shall 
be [en]titled to receive for the term of seven y[ears] 
if they live so long, one half of the present pay of 
such Officers, — Provided, that no General Officers 
of the Cavalry, Artillery, or Infantry, shall be en- 
titled to receive more than the one half of the pay 
of a colonel of such Corps respectively — and pro- 
vided, that the resolution shall not extend to any 



2 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

officer in the service of the United States unless 
he shall have taken the oath of allegiance to and 
shall actually reside within some one of the United 
States. 

Resolved unanimously that every non commis- 
sioned Officer and Soldier who hath enlisted or 
shall enlist into the service of these States for and 
during the war and shall continue therein to the 
end thereof, shall be entitled to receive the further 
reward of 80 dollars at the expiration of the war — 

The whole Army are directed to prepare in the 
best manner possible for immediate and sudden 
movement 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day Cap' L' McClure 

Col" Lamb gives the Orderly to Head Quarters 

& Col° Crane to the Brigade — 







Detail 


FOR 


Guards 






s 


p 


c 


F 


D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 


- 


I 


- 


- 


— 


10 


II 


Lamb 


I 


I 


I 


I 


I 


13 


18 


Porter 


I 


- 


I 


- 


- 


16 


17 




2 


2 


I 


I 


39 


46 










19'^ 









nmr^rc, C ^^^S Gen' Wayne — 

I CoP Greene — L' Col° Ballard 



for duty ^ 
Tomorrow 



Brigade Major — Minnis 
Inspector from Patterson's Brigade 



Commanding Officers of Regiments are to make 
returns to the Q. M. General of the number of tents 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 3 

absolutely wanting in each, for such men as cannot 
be accommodated consistent with their health and 
comfort in huts. It will be relied upon in these 
returns, that none will make a larger demand than 
the real situation of their respective regiments 
requires. The Q. M. G. will make his issues upon 
these returns. 

At a Gen^ Court Martial whereof Col° Bauman 
was President the 1 3 Inst, John Reynolds Artificer 
in Major Pollard's Corps tried for striking Lieu'. 
Hemmet found guilty and sentenced to receive one 
hundred lashes. The Commander in Chief ap- 
proves the sentence and orders it executed on the 
grand parade tomorrow morning at guard mount- 
ing- 
Samuel Raymond at the same Court tried for pre- 
senting a loaded musket at L'. Hemmet. Upon 
due consideration the Court are of opinion that he 
is guilty of the charge exhibited against him ; but 
the extreme and unpardonable warmth with which 
the officers conducted themselves, renders the action 
of the prisoners in some measure excusable, and 
operates with the Court so strongly in his favor 
that they only sentence him to be reprimanded by 
the commanding Officer of the company to which 
he belongs. 

Also John Coffin tried for abusing Cap* Gowerly 
when attempting to supress a riot on the other 
side of Schuylkill, found not guilty and ac- 
quitted — 

The General approves the sentences and orders 
them to take place immediately — 

The Sub and Brigade Inspectors, Majors of Bri- 



4 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

gade, and Adjutants of the Army will assemble at 
the Baron Stubens quarters at lo o'clock precisely, 
where they will receive particular orders — 

Advertisements. — 

A stray Horse taken up in Gen^ Scott's Brigade — 
Enquire of Cap^ Killpatrick — 

Another in Gen\ Poors Brigade, enquire of L' 
Cherry 

Also a number in Col Van Schaicks Reg', at 
Cuckold's Town. — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day Cap'. Kingsbury — 

CoP Lamb gives the Orderly to Head Quarters 

& Col° Procter to the Brigade — 

Detail for Guards 



s 


s 


c 


F 


d 


M 


total 


Crane - 


I 


I 


O 


o 


ID 


12 


Lamb - 


I 


- 


- 


- 


13 


14 


Procter i 


— 


I 


I 


I 


16 


20 



20 



^rr r Brig. GenV Maxwell 

-. 1 ^ , Col° Chambers — Major Winslow 

tor duty ■< .^^ . , ,;r • ^i -i 
T, 1 Brigade Maior Claiborne 

lomorrow ' ^ r -.tt 1 > i-, • i 

i^ Inspector from Weedons Brigade 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day. Cap' Eustis 
Col" Procter gives the Orderly to Head Quarters 
& CoP Lamb to the Brigade 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 





Detail for Guards 






s s 


C F D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 


I I 


- I I 


ID 


14^ 


Lamb 


I 


I - - 


13 


15 U^ 


Procter 


- - 


I 


16 


17 J 






I 2 2 I I 39 46 

21' 

^rr ( Brig. Gen' Varnum 

for dut^ J ^'- ^^^° Reed — Major Moore 
^ I Brisrade Major McCormick 

J omorrow 

l^ Inspector from Muhlenburgh 

The Inspectors &'' will attend at the Baron Stu- 
ben's quarters tomorrow at the hour appointed in 
the orders of the 1 9 instant. 

If there are any persons in the Army who under- 
stand making thin Paper, such as bank notes are 
struck upon, they are desired to apply immediately 
to the Orderly Office, where they will be shewn a 
sample of the Paper — Officers commanding Regi- 
ments are to publish this in Regimental Orders — 

M' Vowles Adjutant in the Virg^ Reg', is approved 
to do the duty of Brigade Major in Gen'. Woodford's 
Brigade till further orders. 

At a General Court Martial the 15 inst whereof 
Col° Bowman was President, Cap* Cleaveland, of 
Col° Mich'. Jackson's Regiment, tried for behaving 
in an unofficerlike manner in refusing to do a tour 
of duty when duly notified, found not guilty of the 
charge exhibited against him, and acquitted with 
honor. 

Although Cap* Cleaveland ought not to have been 



6 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

warned for duty when return 'd sick, yet the General 
cannot applaud the spirit which actuated him in 
refusing obedience to a positive order, and declining 
a tour of duty such a kind as might have been in 
all appearance easily performed by Cap^ Cleaveland 
in his circumstances — Cap'. Cleaveland is released 
from his arrest — 

At a Brigade Court Martial whereof L'. Col°. 
Cropper was President, Cap'. Eward [j-zV] Hull of the 
15 Virg^ Reg' tried for gaming when he ought to 
have been on the parade the 1 2 instant, unanimously 
found guilty of that part of the charge exhibited 
against him relative to gaming, but acquitted of 
nonattendance on the parade, and sentenced to be 
reprimanded by the Commanding Officer of the 
Brigade in present \_su^ of all the officers thereof. 

At the same Court Lieu'. Thomas Lewis of the 
same Reg', tried upon a similar charge found guilty 
and sentenced the same as Cap' Hull. 

The Commander in Chief, however unwilling to 
dissent from the judgement of a Court Martial, is 
obliged utterly to disapprove these sentences ; the 
punishment being in his opinion entirely inadequate 
to the offence. A practice so pernicious in itself, as 
that of gaming, so prejudicial to good order and mili- 
tary discipline, so contrary to positive and repeated 
general orders, carried to so enormous a height as it 
appears, and aggravated certainly in the case of L'. 
Lewis, by an additional offence of no triffling mili- 
tary consequence — absence from parade, demanded 
a much severer penalty than simply a reprimand. 
— Cap' Hull and Lieu'. Lewis are to be released 
from arrest — 



general george washington \ 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day Cap' L'. Finley 

CoP Procter gives the Orderly to Head Quarters 

& Col° Crane to the Brigade — 

Detail for Guard 





s 


s 


c 


F 


D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 




— 


I 






lO 


II 


Lamb 


I 


I 


I 


I 


I 


13 


18 


Procter 


- 


I 


- 


- 


- 


16 


17 



39 



46 



22'- 



Officers 

for duty 

Tomorrow 



Brig Gen' Scott 
Col° Brewer — Major Hopkins 
Brigade Major Berrien 
. Inspector from Late Conway's 



The Auditors Office is removed to Ja^ Cloyd's 
within a mile and a half of the Pay Master Generals. 

At a General Court Martial the 1 6 ins\ of which 
CoP Bowman is President Lieu^ Edison of the Ger- 
man Battalion tried for behaving in a manner un- 
becoming a gentleman and an officer in abusing 
CoP Nixon's family, unanimously found guilty of the 
charge exhibited against him being a breach 21 
Art. 14 Sec. Articles of War and sentenced to be 
discharged from the service. — The Commander in 
Chief approves the sentence and orders it to take 
place immediately. 

At a Brigade Court Martial the 18'°^* Major 
Wallis President, L' Marks of the 11* Virg^ 



8 



ORDERLY BOOK OF 



Reg', tried for not attending the parade on the 13 
ins', and unanimously acquitted of the charge with 
honor. 

Likewise, L'. W"". Powell tried upon the same 
charge and acquitted in like manner — 

The General observes that sickness or indisposi- 
tion is certainly a sufficient excuse for not attending 
the parade but it ought to be an established rule to 
signify it either personally or in writing thro' the 
Adj'. to the Commanding Officer of the Regiment 
to which the Officer concerned shall belong. These 
Gentlemen in not doing this were dificient in the 
line of regularity and propriety. Hereafter the 
excuse shall not be admitted unless this rul be 
observed except where any particular circumstances 
render the observance impracticable, which can 
rarely happen — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day Cap' Porter 

CoP Lamb gives the Orderly to Head Q". 

& CoP Crane to the Brigade. 

Detail 





s 


s 


c 


F 


D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 






I 






10 


II 


Lamb 




I 


- 


- 


- 


13 


H 


Procter 


I 


I 


I 


I 


I 


16 


21 



39 



46 



23 



Officers 
for Duty < 
Tomorrow 



Brig Gen' Patterson 

Col° Dayton M 

Briggade Major Stagg 

Inspector from Hunting'^"' Brigade 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 9 

Till some further arraignment \_sic'] of the Army is 
made Major Gen^ Lee is to take Charge of the 
Division lately Commanded by Major Gen' Greene, 
and in Case of Action or any general Move of the 
Army, the three eldest Major Gen'' present fit for 
Duty are to Command the two Wings & 2'^ Line 
according to their Seniority — 

The Commanding officers & Reg'' & Corps will 
immediately apply upon the Coming of military 
Stores for all the arms and Accoutrements wantinof 
for their Men — 

The Q M of Brigades will also make out Returns, 
& apply for orders for ammunition to compleat each 
man with 40 rounds & two Flints — All officers are 
calld upon to see that their Men's Arms & Accou- 
trements are put in the best order possible, they will 
likewise take particular Care that their men have 
wooden Drivers fixed in their peices at the Hours 
of Exercise to prevent an unnecessary wait of Flints, 
they are not to be absent from Camp on any pretence 
whatsoever but be in actual Rediness to march at 
a Moments Warning — 

Brigade Orders 

Cap' Lieu' Jones Officer of the Day — 
CoP Crane gives the Orderly to Head Q'^ 
& Col° Lamb to the Brigade — 







Detail 








s 


s 


c 


F 


D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane i 


I 


I 


I 


I 


14 


19 


Lamb - 


- 


I 


- 


- 


II 


12 


Procter - 


I 


- 


- 




14 


15 



39 46 



K) ORDERLY BOOK OF 

24'^ 1778 

Officers for Duty to Morrow 

Brigadier Wayne Co* Patten, Major Sumner B : M : 
Bannister Inspector from Varnums Brigade 

The Gen^ Court Martial Whereof Co'. Bowman is 
President is Disolved, another is Ordered to sit to 
Morrow Morning 9 O. Clock to try all Such per- 
sons as Shall be brought before them Co'. Chambers 
will preside Each Brigade gives a Cap', for the 
Court. All persons Concerned to Attend — At a 
Brigade Court Martial May 22''. 1778 — Lieu*. Col 
Cropper president. Lieu* Davis of the 11*. Virg\ 
Reg*, tried for Encouraging a soldier to stay away 
from his Reg*, for Refusing when the soldier was 
Sent for by a Guard to let him go, to his Reg*, and 
for Speaking Disrespectfully of the officer who sent 
the Guard who Sent the Guard [i'^V] a second time, 
upon Mature Deliberation the Court are of opinion 
he is not Guilty of Speaking Disrespectfully of the 
Officer who sent the Guard for Serj*. Davis, tho' of 
Oppinion that his Detaining the Serj*. was unwar- 
rantable. But Considering that his Error Seemes 
to have Arose from what he thought was Doing 
his Duty Do Acquit him — 

Lieu*. Davis is Ordered to be Released from his 
Arrest — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day Cap* L* Brice 

Col°. Lamb gives the Orderly to Head Quarters 

& CoP. Procter to the Brigade — 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON II 







Detail 








s 


s 


C F 


D 


M 


total 


Crane - 


I 


I - 


— 


14 


16 


Lamb i 


I 


- I 


I 


II 


15 


Procter - 


- 


I - 


- 


14 


19 


I 


2 


2 I 


I 


39 


46 



Officers r^^^S ^^^' Muhlenburg 

for dut J ^°^° ^^^^^ ~ ^' ^^^° Hubley 
rr I Brigade Major Haskell 

Tomorrow ' ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ , , t^ • 

V Inspector from M''lntoshs B^g^ 

The Regimental Surgeons will apply to the 
Flying Hospital store for hogs lard and sulpher — 
They are to make their returns more punctually on 
Mondays — 

Several guns, packs & cartridge boxes belonging 
to some soldiers in the Army are left at the orderly 
office. 

The Muster M"^. General and Commissary of 
Prisoners have removed their quarters to M^ 
Evans' house half a mile north of Sullivan's bridge 
near Perkiomy Creek — 

The Reg'. Pay Masters to give in their abstraets 
to the P. M. General immediately for examination 
for the Months of April. 

At a Gen'. Court Martial the ist May — of which 
Col" Febiger was President, Lieu'. Adams of the 
10 Pen^ Reg', tried for " ungentlemanlike behavior 
in propagating a report that an officer of the 10 
Pen^ Reg' had behaved cowardly, in the action of 



12 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

Germantown and, when desired by Col°. Hubley to 
name the officer, for refusing to do it in an unbe- 
coming manner " — unanimously found guilty of the 
charge exhibited against him, being a breach of 21 
Art. of the 14 Sect. Article of war, and sentenced 
to be dismissed the service — His Excellency the 
Commander in Chief approves the sentence, and 
orders it to take place immediately. 

After Order 

Signals will be given this afternoon in manoeu- 
vering by a small field piece. This notice is given 
to prevent an alarm. — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day Cap'. L'. Cotnam 

Col". Procter gives the Orderly to Head Quarters — 

& Col°. Crane to the Brigade 

Detail 



s 


s 


c 


F 


D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane - 


- 


I 


- 


- 


14 


15 


Lamb - 


I 


- 




- 


8 


9 


Procter i 


I 


I 


I 


I 


17 


22 



I 2 2 I I 39 46 

Lieu'. Ford is appointed to do duty as Adjutant 
in CoP. Lamb's Reg', and is to be respected and 
obeyed accordingly 

26'^ 

t^rr fBrior. Gen' Poor 

Orncers ^ 

r J , , Col° Grayson, L' Col° Wisenfeldt's 

rp _ Brigade Major Learned 

lomorrow _ ^ ^ ttt ^r i 

I, Inspector from Woodiords 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 1 3 

The Commander in Chief perceiving that the 
Regimental returns materially differ in the number 
of sick absent from the Hospital reports, notwith- 
standing these were lodged with the Adjutant Gen- 
erals that the regimental returns might be rectified 
and adjusted by them, calls upon the Commanding 
Officers of Regiments to make returns tomorrow to 
the Adjutant General specifying the names of all 
their sick absent, the places where they are and 
the times they were sent to them, that the difference 
above mentioned may be satisfactorily accounted 
for. In doing this the strictest regard to be paid 
to the Hospital reports. 

An independent corps commanded by Cap*. Selin 
are immediately to bury the offal & carrion near the 
black bull. The Com^ Gen' of the Staff will in future 
apply to the commanding officer of that corps for a 
party to bury any offal which may be near his stall. 

A Sub-Serj'. Corpl & 8 men with the commissary 
from each brigade are to be put immediately into 
the vicinity of their respective Brigades to seize the 
liquors they may find in the unlicenced tipling 
houses. The Commissaries will give receipts for 
the liquors they shall seize and notify the inhabit- 
ants or persons living in the vicinity of camp that 
an unconditional seizure will be made of all liquors 
they shall presume to sell in future. 

A Flag goes to Philadelphia tomorrow — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the day Cap* Lieu'. Powars — 

Col° Lamb gives the Orderly to Head Q'. 

& Col° Crane to the Brigade — 



14 ORDERLY BOOK OF 



Detail 



S S C F D M TOTAL 

Crane i - i i i 14 18 

Lamb - i - - - 8 9 

Procter -11--17 19 

I 2 2 I I 39 46 

Brig Gen Varnum 



Officers ^ 1 -r^ , ,^ T»/r 

r T^ ^ J Col° Read M^ Murray 

^°' °"'y ] B Major Ten Eyck 

I. Inspector from Scott's Brigade 



tomorrow 



The Commanding Officers of Reg' are to make 
returns on Friday next of the Arms that were in 
posession of their respective Corps the i" of Nov", 
last of those they have since dehvered in, of those 
they have since drawn, & of those now in actual 
posession, tis expected they always have exact 
accounts kept of arms, Cloathing Camp Utensils 
&" furnished their men as they must be responsable 
for their due application. Major Gen^ Mifflin hav- 
ing been permitted by Congress to repair to & 
serve in this Army is to take the Command of the 
Division late Lincolns. — The Field Officers of 
Reg'* who have drawn Money from any of the pub- 
lic offices for recruiting their respective Corps are 
desired as soon as possible to furnish the Auditor 
of the Army with lists of Money advancd by them, 
their officers for that Service — Capt Turbedille is 
appointed aid de Camp to Major Gen^ Lee till further 
orders. & is to be respected accordingly — Officers 
are to see that the mud plastering around the Hutts 
be removd. & every other method taken to render 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 1 5 

them as airy as possible, they will also have the 
powder of a Musquet Cartridge burnt in each Hutt 
dayly to purify the Air, or a little Tar if it can be 
procur'd, the Commissary of military Stores will 
provide blank Cartridges for this purpose — 

Brigade Order 

Officer of the Day Cap'. Cook 

CoP Crane gives the orderly to Head Q* 

& CoP Lamb to the Brigade 

Detail for Guards 



s 


s 


c 


F 


D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 


I 


— 


- 


— 


14 


15 


Lamb i 


- 


I 


I 


I 


8 


12 


Procter - 


I 


I 


- 


- 


17 


19 



1 2 2 I I 39 46 

A Gen^ Court Martial of which L' Col° Oswald is 
appointed President will set tomorrow at 9 o'clock 
at the Presidents quarters for the trial of such pris- 
oners as shall be brought befor 'em. 

Cap^ Wilkenson 

Cap*. Eustis — Cap* Van Heer — Cap' Kingsbury 

Cap'. L'. Browne — Cap'. L'. M'^Clure. 

2 Subs from Col° Crane 
2 from Col° Lamb 

2 from Col° Procter 

Members — 
Cap' L'. Finley, Judge Advocate 



I 6 ORDERLY BOOK OF 



28 



Officers 

for duty 

Tomorrow 



Brig. Gen^ Scott 
, CoP Irvine — L' Col° Bassett 
- ^ ^ ] Brigade Major Johnson 

[ Inspector from i Penn^ Brigade 



Commanding Officers of Brigades, in pursuance 
of former orders to hold themselves in readiness to 
march are to apply immediately to the Q M Gen' for 
a sufficient number of waggons to transport their 
baggage, and are to have their respective brigades 
supplied as completely as possible with camp uten- 
sils, and necessaries of every kind requisite towards 
taking the field. The Commissary will have a quan- 
tity of hard bread and salt meat prepared to issue 
to the Army when called for; As we may expect 
every moment to march the Army is to be prepared 
in all respects for that purpose. 

Guards of every kind are constantly to hold them- 
selves in a collected state with their accoutrements 
on, and ready to act at a moments warning. The 
General forbids all exercise and diversions, particu- 
larly such as cause them to disperse and put off their 
accoutrements, which is equally incomitant with the 
safety and good discipline. 

A Board of General Officers to set tomorrow 
morning ten o'clock at Gen' Lee's quarters to 
examine into L' Col° Regnier's claim of rank in 
the N York line, and report their opinion thereon. 
The other Lieu' Colonels of that line present are 
to attend. The Commander in Chief will lay be- 
fore the Board the memorial presented by L'. Col" 
Regnier with other papers. 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON \J 

A court of enquir-y to set tomorrow to examine 
into the conduct of L^ Col°. Parks, reported to have 
been absent from camp without leave, and to have 
been negligent in his duty. All persons concerned 
will attend, Col° Johnson is appointed President; 
Col°. Parker, L' Cols. Bunner and Starr, and Major 
Fenner will attend as Members at the Presidents 
quarters 9 oClock tomorrow morning. — 

Returns from the several Brigades of such cloath- 
ing and necessaries as are absolutely wanting to be 
made next Saturday at orderly time. 

Brigade Orders 

Cap*. L^ Bussey Officer of the Day 

Col° Lamb gives the Orderly to Head Q". 

& Col° Procter to the Brigade. 

Detail for Guards 

s s c f d m total 

Crane - i 2 - - 14 17 

Lamb - i - - 8 9 

Procter i - - i i 17 20 

I 2 2 I I 39 46 



Officers 



29 

Brig. Gen' Huntington 
L* CoP Burr— Major Still 



^ ^ 1 Brigfade Maior Seely 

lomorrow t. r ^t^ .t^- i 

[ Inspector from 2^ renn^ Brigade 

The Commanding Officers of Regiments and 
Corps are not, under any pretence whatever (unless 
duty requires it) to permit their officers or men to 



1 8 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

be absent from camp, that they may be ready to 
march at an hours warning. 

At a Gen^ Court Martial, Col°. Chambers Presi- 
dent the 25 instant, Cap^ Medaras, of the North 
Carolina Brigade, tried for forgery — after mature 
deliberation the Court are of opinion that Cap' Ma- 
daras is guilty of the charge exhibited against him 
but as he could not have been actuated by motives 
self interested or injurious to Cap* Jones, the Gentle- 
man whose name he signed, and as he had before 
been perfectly acquainted with Cap'. Jones's senti- 
ments, the Court (thinking his crime, tho' he is yet 
truly blameworthy, alleviated by these circumstances) 
do sentence him to be reprimanded in General 
Orders. 

The Commander in Chief approves the Sentence, 
and is much concerned to find that an Officer in this 
Army, should presume to sign a Brother Officer's 
name without his permission. Cap' Medaras is or- 
dered to be released from his arrest. 

At the same Court W"" Whiteman Waggoner, 
tried for desertion and sentenced to receive sixty 
lashes — approved and ordered to be put in execu- 
tion tomorrow morning on the grand parade at 
grand mounting — 

Also, John Cline of the loth Penn^. Reg', tried 
for desertion and attempting to escape to the 
enemy, and for stealing a horse — found guilty of 
both charges and sentenced to receive 200 lashes, 
100 for each crime. The Gen^ approved the Sen- 
tence, and orders it put it execution this evening 
at roll call at the head of the Regiment to which 
he belongs 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 1 9 

Also, John Wood Serj'. in the 8 Penn^ Reg', tried 
for desertion and attempting to the enemy, acquited 
and ordered to be released from his confinement. 

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On the night of the 27'^ inst. James Barry an 
Inhabitant was robbed of ^160 Cont'. Money, 13 
hard dollars, a diamond ring, silver spoons, buckles 
gold buttons, a sword, and some valuable men's & 
women's wearing apparell, & many other articles. 
Fifty Dollars reward will be given to any person 
that will discover the robbers, that the Owner may 
recover his articles. All Officers are desired to 
order the strictest enquiry to be made that the 
Villains may be brought to justice, as it is sup- 
posed they belong to the Army 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day — Cap'. Browne. 

Col°. Procter gives the Orderly to Head Q"^. 

& Col Crane to the Brigade — 

Detail for Guards 



s 


s 


c 


F 


D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane - 


I 


- 


- 


- 


14 


15 


Lamb i 


I 


I 


I 


I 


8 


13 


Procter 


- 


I 


- 


- 


17 


18 



I 2 2 I I 39 46 

The Quarter Mast'', of Reg*, is to make returns 
by Eight O Clock this evening, to the Brig^. Q' W 
of the Marques Horsmans Tents Common Tents 
& Knap Sacks, Camp Kettles & Canteens, and 



20 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

what Officers are posses'd of the Marques & Horse- 
mans Tents, as no further Issues can be made till 
such returns are compleated, — They will also pro- 
duce at the same time if possible or as soon as it is 
convenant returns Signed by them, for such Stores 
& Camp equipage as have been Issued since the 
2 2^ oi March last, specifying what part thereof has 
been Issued through the hands of Brig*^ Q M'^ in 
order that the same may be duly compared with 
the Gen' Acco' of Issues. 

The General expects a punctual compliance with 
the above order, and that the returns of cloathing 
call'd for in yesterdays orders be made out in order 
to be carried in by the Brigade Major at the pre- 
cise time therein mentioned. 

30* 1778 
Officers for Duty to Morrow 

Brigadier Patterson Co'. Bradley — B : M : Marshall 
Inspector from Poor's Brigade 

The Commanding Officers of Brigades are to 
Appoint a sufficient Number of Proper Officers 
to be left in Charge of the Sick and such others 
of their Respective Brigades as will be Enable to 
march with them in Case the Army moves from 
the present Camp — 

The Regimental Surgeons will make out and 
Lodge, with the surgeon Gen', of the flying Hos- 
pital Exact Returns, of the sick belonging to their 
several Reg'\ who shall be left in Camp when the 
Army Marches — The board of Gen', officers held 
agreeable to the Order of the 28''' Ins' have made 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 21 

the following Report, the claims of Lieu*. Col°. 
Regnier & the other Lieu*. CoP. of the State of 
N. York — Respecting their standing in Rank, 
being considered, the board are of Oppinion that 
Lieu*. Co'. Regnier will take Rank of those Gen- 
tleman on Courts Martial Detachments on all Duties 
from the Line, but that the[y] Command him in the 
line of the State, for notwithstanding Lieu*. Co\ 
Regnier Rank as Lieu*. Co\ was Anteceeded to 
theirs in the Line yet his Appointment in that 
state was postirior The Commander in Chief 
Approves the above Report 

At a Brigade Gen' Court Martial May 27*'' 1778 
Lieu* Co'. Cropper, president Cap*. Hull of the 15*'' V: 
Reg*, tried i'*'^ being so far Ellivated with Liquor 
when on the parade for Exercising, on the 14*'' Ins*. 
as rendered him imCapable in doing his Duty with 
precission. 2*^'^ for accusing Lieu*. Sam'. Beans 
Jones of not deposing the truth when Called on 
Both to give Evidence against him on the i8*\ Inst, 
acquited of the i^*. Charge but found guilty of the 2^ 
& Sentenced to be Reprimanded by the Command- 
ing Officer of the Brigade in presence of all the 
Officers therein — Cap*. Hull is Ordered to be re- 
leased from his Arrest. — At a Gen'. Court Martial 
May 28- 78, Co'. Chambers President Ensign James 
Walker of Co'. Guests Reg*, tried i*'^ Deserting a 
Waggon he had in his Charge at the Appearance 
of one of our Light Horse and loosing his party 
in his flight. 2^'^ for telling several falshoods in 
Relating the Events when Returning to Camp 
Unanimously found guilty of the Charges Exhib- 
ited against him, being breaches of 5*'' Article 18 



22 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

Sec', of 2 1" Article 14'^ Section of the Articles of 
War, and Sentenced to be Cashiered — The Com- 
mander in Chief Approves the Sentence and Orders 
it to take place Immediatly. 

At the same Court John Lewis Drew Co*. Angel's 
Reg', tried for threatning to take the lives of Several 
Officers of that Reg.' found guilty & sentenced to 
Receive 60 Lashes — 

Approved & ordered to be put' in Execution at 
Roll Call this evening at the Head of the Reg', he 
belongs — 

A Quantity of Continental Currency lately found 
in the hands of Lieu'. Dexter. Co^ Angel's Reg', the 
owner may Receive the same by proving his prop- 
erty. 

Brigade Orders. 

Col". Cranes Regiment is to be mustered on 
Monday next at ten oClock — 

CoP. Lamb's & Col". Procter's at the same hour on 
Tuesday — 

& Col° Harrison's on Wednesday — 

The Officers will be careful to have their Muster 
Rolls made out correctly, and see that their men 
have their blankets neatly rolled up, as they must 
parade with them on. — 

Cap'. Brown's & Cap'. Dorsey's Companies are 
annexed to Col° Harrison's Regiment with whom 
they are to do duty till further orders — 

Officer of the Day Cap'. Seward 

Col" Procter gives the Orderly to Head Q'^ 

& Col° Harrison to the Brigade. 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 



23 



Detail 



SUB 


s 


c 


F&D M 


TOTAL 


Crane - 


I 


I 


- 12 


14 


Lamb & 1 _ 
Kingsbury 


I 




7 


8 


Procter i 


- 




2 7 


10 


Harrison & 1 
2 Companies J 


- 


I 


- 19 


20 



45 



52 



Officers 

for duty 

Tomorrow 



31 

Brig Gen^ Wayne 
L'. Col° Livingston L' Col° Miller 
Brigade Major Marvin 
Inspector from Glover's Brigade 



The 2^ State Reg' of Virginia is for the present 
to be annexed to Muhlenburg's Brigade, and Col" 
Van Schaicks regiment till further orders is in like 
manner to be joined to the 2^ Penn^ Brigade in lieu 
of the 8 Pen^ Reg', which is to be detached on other 
service. 

A Surgeon from each Brigade is to remain in 
camp to attend the sick of it which shall be left 
behind under the direction of Docf. Hutchinson, till 
relieved by surgeons from the general hospital, then 
they are immediately to join their respective regi- 
ments — 

Men in the small pox, or under enoculation, are 
to be comprehended in the number of the sick — 
Regimental Medicine Chests are to go on with the 



24 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

Army — A Sufficient number of Camp Kettles must 
be left for the use of the sick. 

Commanding Officers of Regiments will assist the 
Regimental surgeons in procuring as many women 
of the army as can be prevailed on to serve as nurses 
to them, for which they will be paid the usual price. 
Orderlies are also to be left; one to every 20 sick 
men, who are to be such as, for want of cloathing, 
from lameness and the like, are least fit to march 
with the Army, but at the same time, capable of this 
duty. — A Commissary is likewise to be left to sup- 
ply the sick with provisions. A commissioned 
officer to every fifty men is to remain, and a Field 
Officer to superintend the whole. The arms of 
the sick in each regiment are to supply as far as 
may be necessary the deficiency of those unfit for 
duty. If any remain they are to be left in care 
of the officer who stays with the sick — The Vaults 
are to be well covered before the Brigades quit the 
ground. 

Commanding Officers of Divisions and all others 
are to pay the strictest attention that no women be 
suffered on any pretence to get into the waggons of 
the Army on the march. 

Some Hospital Tent poles were delivered at the 
Q M Gen'^ store through mistake. Those who 
have them in possession are desired to return them 
immediately — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day Cap'. Lee 

Col°. Harrison gives the Orderly to Head Q'\ 

& Col° Crane to the Brigade 



general george washington 25 

Detail for Guards 

sub s c f & d m total 

Crane — -i - lo ii 

Lamb _ i _ _ 5 ^ 

Procter -11- 9 11 

Harrison i - - 2 20 23 

I 2 2 2 45 52 

At a Brigade Court Martial whereof L' CoK 
Oswald was President, the 28, 29, & 30, Instant, 
Serj*. John Nevil of Col° Lamb's Reg^ tried for 
" losing a bullock by neglect when Serj^ of the Com- 
missary's guard" was by them unanimously acquitted. 

Jon^ Gill of Cap*. Browns Company, tried for 
" drunkeness on his post " pleaded guilty, and was 
sentenced to receive 50 lashes. 

Ja^ Whaling, Drummer of Col" Procter's Reg'. 
tried for " desertion and attempting to get into 
Philadelphia " plead guilty. The court in consid- 
eration of his youth, and his having received no pay 
or bounty except some cloathes, as appeared from 
CoP Procters evidence, do Sentence him to receive 
only 30 lashes. 

Michael Nash, of Cap*. Kingsbury's Company, 
tried for " drunkeness on duty, and absenting him- 
self from his guard " plead guilty, and sentenced to 
receive 50 lashes — 

John Gibbons, of CoP. Procter's Reg*, tried for 
" absenting himself from camp without leave " was 
sentenced to receive 50 lashes — 

The General approves the sentence & orders 
Serj* Nevil to be released from his confinement — 



26 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

Some circumstances appearing in favor of Ja^ Whal- 
ing, the 30 lashes are remitted — The punishment 
order'd the others is to be inflicted tomorrow 
morning at guard mounting at the head of the 
regiments to which they respectively belong. 

The Court Martial whereof L'. Col° Oswald is 
President is dissolved. 

June i 

^rr fBrig. Gen^ Muhlenburg 

r 1 , J Col° Wigglesworth — Major Church 

^ I Brigade Major Minnis 

1 omorrow 1 * •* 

(^Inspector from Learneds Brigade 

Col° Cortlandt is appointed to tarry in camp to 
superintend the sick left on the ground when the 
Army moves, and to send on the recovered men 
properly officered to join their respective Corps and 
Major will repair to the Yellow Springs and 

the hospitals near Camp, and superintend the Sick 
there. They will apply tomorrow at the Orderly 
office for written instructions — 

The following will be observed as a standing 
model for the order of march, whether of the whole 
Army, a Division, Brigade, or Battalion. It may 
happen that some changes may be necessary in the 
strength and number of the advanced, rear, and 
flank guards, and in their relative distances to each 
other and to the main body, Sl"^. ; which are to be 
determined according to particular circumstances, 
and which the officers commanding will judge of. — 
But the general principles and rules here laid down 
are, in all cases, to be practised, only with such 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 27 

variations in applying them as different situations 
may require. 

When a Battahon receive orders to march, each 
company forms before its own quarters ; the Captain 
having inspected into their arms and accoutrements 
conducts it to the regimental parade, where the Field 
Officers inspect the whole, forms each Battalion into 
8 plattoons for charging, agreeable to instructions 
given, and march it by plattoons to the rendezvous. 
When only one battalion marches, the Colonel orders 
out an advanced and rear Guard, each consistingf of 
I Lieu*. 3 Non-Com-Officers i Drum and 20 privates 
— A Brigade composed of several Battalions has an 
advanced and rear guard, each consisting of i Cap- 
tain, 2 Subs, 6 N. C. O. & 40 or 50 privates. — When 
several Brigades march together each Brigade fur- 
nishes a proportionable number for the advanced 
and rear guards — When the whole Army marches 
the new guards of the day form the advanced guard, 
and the old ones the rear guard. The new guards 
being assembled on the grand parade the Brigadier 
of the day forms them into a Battalion of 8 plattoons, 
the eldest field officer of the day takes the command 
of it, and marches at the head of the column. The 
Brigadier of the preceeding day having assembled 
the old guards, forms them in the same manner, the 
eldest Field Officer taking the com-mand and march- 
ing in the rear of the column — The advanced guard 
should be from 50 to 200 paces in front of the col- 
umn. Each advanced guard should send forward a 
detatchment to serve as an advanced guard to itself ; 
and that detatchment should also send out a patrole 
in front, each . an hundred paces in front of the 



28 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

other — Thus, i Capt 2 Subs, 6 n. c. off. — i Drum, 
& 50 men will send out a non c. off. & 12 men 
— and that N. C. O. will also advance 4 men in his 
front. An advanced guard of a Lieu*. & 20 men 
will advance i n. c. o. & 8 men, who will also ad- 
vance 2 men in his front. The rear guard will 
observe the same rules, sending its detatchments 
in the rear as the advanced guard does in front — 

When a Brigade, Division, or the Army, marches 
by the right it is supposed the enemy is on the left 
■ — and the contrary. — Each Battalion will therefore 
send out on the flank exposed to the enemy, i Sub, 
2 N. C. O. & 16 men as a flank guard, who will 
march in a plattoon by files from the right opposite 
the centre of the battalion, at the distance of 80 or 
100 paces from the column. 

When the Army marches in 2 columns, the right 
column has its flank guard on its right and the left 
column on its left, — when in one column, and the 
position of the enemy uncertain, guards must be 
sent out on both flanks. The advanced, rear, and 
flank guards must always have their bayonets fixed. 
Whenever the grounds will permit, the battalions 
must march by plattoons ; during the march each 
Colonel must stay before his battalion, and each 
Captain & Subaltern before his plattoon ; the inter- 
vals between the battalions and plattoons must be 
strictly observed during the march — When there is 
a creek or defile to pass, the Brigadiers must stop 
till their Brigade have passed, and the Colonels till 
their respective battalions have passed. They will 
take care that the men pass with as large a front, 
and as quick, as possible. The advanced guard 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 29 

having passed the defile should take such a situation 
as to be able to see all around, and shall send out 
patroles 500 paces round. The head of the column 
halts before it enters the defile to let the plattoons 
get at half distance, and when half the column has 
got through it halts till the whole has passed and 
then continues its march. When the road will not 
permit to march by plattoons, the march is to be 
made by 4 in front, in the following manner, — each 
ofhcer divides his plattoon into sections — for exam- 
ple, a plattoon of 16 files makes 4 sections; they 
will break off by the right or left, each section 2 
paces from the other, and continue the march — If 
a plattoon has 15 files the last section will have 3 
files — if 14, the last will have 4 men in one rank, if 
1 3 files the last will have 5 files — When marching 
in this order by the right the officers commanding 
plattoons will be on the left of the first section, the 
Serj'^ on the right stays in his place, and the Officers 
& N. C. O. who were in the rear will be on the right 
flank. If they march in this order by the left the 
C. Off. of the plattoon remains on the right of the 
first section and the others on the left flank; so 
that by wheeling the sections the plattoon will be 
formed, and each officer and n. c. o. will be in his 
place. 

During the march each Officer must keep his 
plattoon in order; the Officers & N. C. O. in the 
rear must prevent the soldiers leaving their ranks 
on any account. If the soldiers have occasion for 
water the officer must send a n. c. o. with some 
men to fill their canteens and the n. c. o. must 
bring them back to their plattoons immediately. 



30 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

The flank guard will never suffer any non c. offi- 
cer or soldier to pass them during the march, and 
the rear guard will take care to bring up all strag- 
glers. 

Brigade Orders. 

Officer of the Day Cap' Sargent 

Col" Harrison gives the Orderly to Head Quarters 

— & Col° Crane to the Brigade 

Detail for Guards 





s 


s 


c 


f&d 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 


I 


I 


I 


2 


lO 


15 


Lamb 


- 


- 


o 


- 


6 


6 


Procter 


— 


— 


- 


- 


9 


9 


Harrison 


- 


I 


I 


- 


20 


22 



I 2 2 2 45 52 

A Brigade Court Martial to sit tomorrow morning 
9 oclock, at a tent near the General's house — for 
the trial of such prisoners as shall be brought before 
them — 

L' Col° Du Plissis is appointed President 
Cap* Cook 

Cap* L* Powers ^ f 2 Subs from Col° Crane 

Cotnam ^ J i 

Coltman <v 1 i 

2 Cap* L*' from S 1 2 

Co]° Harrison's Reg*. ^ 

Cap*. L*. Duffey Judge Adv^. 

Brigade After Orders 
The Order for a General Court martial, of which 
L*. Col° Du Plissis was appointed President this 
day, is countermanded — 



D° - 


Lamb 


D° - 


Procter 


D° - 


Harrison 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 3 1 



Officers r Brig. Gen'. Poor 

! Coh Bowman. L* Col° Beauford 
Brigade Major Claiborne 
Inspector from Patterson's Brigade 



for duty < 
Tomorrow 



At a General Court Martial of which Col° Cham- 
bers was President, May the 29, L'. Col° Grey, of the 
1 2* Penn^ Regiment tried for " ungentlemanlike be- 
havior in entering into private contracts with the sol- 
diers of his Regt for the deficiency of rations, by which 
means and other unwarrantable practices, the soldiers 
are defrauded of a considerable sum of money — 
found guilty of the charge exhibited against him^ 
being a breach of the 21^' Art. 14 Sect. Articles of 
War, and sentenced to be cashiered, and that 
(agreeable to the 22 Art. 14 Sec.) his name, place of 
abode, crime and punishment be published in the 
News Papers in and about camp and of that 
particular State from which he came, or in which 
he usually resides. His Excellency the Commander 
in Chief approves the sentence and orders it to take 
place. 

At the same Court, L'. Webb of the 7'*" Virg^ Reg' 
was tried for " disobedience of orders, for going on 
duty in a hunting shirt, after confessing he had a 
coat and being desired that if he had no regard to his 
own appearance to have some for the credit of his 
regiment, and therefore not to appear in so unofficer- 
like a manner" — found guilty and sentenced to be 
reprimanded by the Officer commanding the regi- 
ment to which he belongs, in presence of the Officers 
of the Reg*. — The General approves the sentence 



32 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

and orders it put in execution tomorrow morning at 
roll call — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day — A Captain from 

Col° Harrison's Reg'. 

Col° Lamb gives the Orderly to Head Q'^ 

& CoP Procter to the Brigade — 









Deta] 


[L 








s 


s 


c 


F&D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 


- 


- 


- 


- 


lO 


lO 


Lamb 


I 


I 


I 


2 


6 


II 


Procter 


- 


- 


- 


- 


9 


9 


Harrison 


- 


I 


I 


- 


20 


22 




I 


2 


2 

3^ 


2 


45 


52 



^ re r Brig-Gen^ — Varnum 

f T7 } ^' ^^^° Regnier— Maj'. Porter 
' Brigade Major M'^Cormick 
Inspector from Weedon's Brigade 



Tomorrow 



Thomas Shanks, on full conviction of his being 
a spy in the service of the Enemy before a board 
of General Officers held yesterday by order of the 
Commander in Chief, is adjudged worthy of death 
■ — he is therefore to be hanged tomorrow morning 
at guard mounting, at some convenient place near 
the grand parade. 

At a Gen^ Court Martial the i'' instant, Col° 
Chambers President, Lieut Toomy of Col° Gist's 
Reg\ detatched to the 3^^ Maryland Regiment tried 
for disobedience of orders, found guilty and sen- 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 33 

tenced to be reprimanded by the Commanding Offi- 
cer of the Brigade in presence of the Officers of 
the Brigade to which he belongs. The Commander 
in Chief approves the Sentence and orders it to take 
place tomorrow morning at roll call — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day — Cap^ L' Duffee — 

Col° Harrison gives the Orderly to Head Q". 

& Col" Crane to the Brigade — 

Detail for Guards 





s 


s 


c 


F&D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 








I 


- 


10 


II 


Lamb 





I 


- 


- 


4 


5 


Procter 


I 


I 


- 


2 


II 


15 


Harrison 


- 


- 


I 


- 


20 


21 



I 2 2 2 45 52 

When Commissions shall be issued to fill the 
vacancies in the Corps of Artillery they will be 
dated at the time the vacancies happened, according 
to the usual method — 

Officers commanding Pieces are to be very care- 
ful that no waggoners are, on any pretence whatever, 
suffered to lodge in their waggons. Any one found 
sleeping in a waggon will be punished and the offi- 
cer to whom such waggon shall belong called to a 
severe account. 

4* 

Officers fBrig. Gen'. Scott. 

r 1 ^ L' CoP North — Major Hawes 

tor duty < ^ . , ,^ . ^ . 
^ Brisrade Mai or Berrien 

lomorrow K ^ . ■" ,«-,,, 

I Inspector trom Muhlenburg. 



34 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

The following Resolve of Congress, the operation 
of which has been heretofore prevented by the par- 
ticular circumstances of the Army, is in future to be 
punctually observed. 

In Congress, Nov. 19"* 1776. 

Resolved That on any sick or disabled non com- 
missioned officer or soldier being sent to any hospi- 
tal or sick quarters, the Captain or Commandant of 
the troop or company to which he belongs shall 
send to the Surgeon or Director of the said Hospi- 
tal, or give to the N. C. O. or soldier so in the hos- 
pital or quarters a certificate countersigned by the 
Pay Master of the Regiment (if he be with the reg*.) 
of what pay is due to such N. C. O. or private at the 
time of his entering the hospital or quarters, and 
the Cap', or Com', of the Troop or Company shall 
not receive the pay of the said soldier in Hospital 
or quarters or include him in any pay abstract dur- 
ing his continuance therein. And in case any N. C. 
O. or soldier shall be discharged from the hospital 
or quarters as unfit for further service, a certificate 
shall be given him by the Surgeon or Director of 
what pay is then due to him, and the said N. C. O. 
or Soldier so discharged shall be entitled to receive 
his pay at any pay office or from any pay master in 
the service of the United States, the said Pay Mas- 
ter keeping such original certificate to prevent im- 
positions and giving the N. C. O. or soldier his 
discharge or a certified copy thereof, mentioning at 
the same time his having been paid. — That this 
Resolution be transmitted to the Commanders in 
Chief in the several departments to be by them 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 35 

given out in orders and then delivered to the direc- 
tors of the hospitals in each department who are to 
cause the same to be fixed up in some conspicuous 
place or places in every military Hospital for the 
information of all concerned. 

Commanding Officers of Regiments are immedi- 
ately to make returns to the Com^ of Military Stores 
of the Arms actually wanting in their respective 
Corps to complete the number of men fit for duty 
in each. Agreeable to which the Com^ is forthwith 
to issue the arms now in store. 

All Persons whatever are forbid selling liquor to 
the Indians. If any sutler or soldier shall presume 
to act contrary to this prohibition, the former will 
be dismissed from camp, and the latter receive 
severe corporal punishment. 

On the march L^ Col°. Fleury will be attached to 
General Lee's Division — L' Col° Daviss to Gen'. 
Lord Stirlings — L' Col° Barber to Genl Mifflins — 
M^ Ternant to Gen* Marquis De La Fayettee's — 
L' Col° Brooks to Gen'. Baron De Kalb's — , and as 
they will not be employed on the march in exercis- 
ing or manoeuvering the troops they are to fill the 
office of Adjutant General, each in his respective 
Division — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day — A Captain Lieutenant from 

CoP Harrison's Reg^ 

CoP Crane gives the Orderly to Head Q'\ 

& CoP Harrison to the Brigade — 



36 



ORDERLY BOOK OF 



Detail 





s 


s 


c 


F&D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 


- 


I 


I 


- 


lO 


12 


Lamb 


- 


- 


- 


- 


4 


4 


Procter 


- 


- 


I 


- 


II 


12 


Harrison 


I 


I 


- 


2 


20 


24 



I 2 2 2 45 52 

Regimental Courts Martial are to sit tomorrow for 
the trial of Prisoners now in confinement belonging 
to their respective Regiments — 

-th 



^ C Brig. Gen' Huntington 

Utticers 1 ^, ^^^„ Vose — Major Peters 

^ ^ Brigade Major Stasia: 

1 omorrow t . r ^ ^ % 

inspector irom late Conway s 



A Court of Enquiry, whereof Col° Wigglesworth 
is appointed President, will sit tomorrow morning 
at 10 °clock at the President's quarters, at the 
request of L'. Col° Du Plissis, to enquire into his 
conduct on the different occasions mentioned in a 
letter from the Commander in Chief to Congress in 
his behalf, and into the truths of the facts on which 
the representation contained in it were founded, 
and of the several matters urged by the Officers of 
Artillery to the contrary, in a letter from them to 
the Commander Chief. All persons concerned will 
attend — L' Col° Dearborn & Butler — Majors Hay 
& Campbell — Members. 

Cap' Lawrence Keene of the Regiment late Pat- 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 37 

ten's is appointed Aid de Camp to Major General 
Mifflin, and is to be obeyed as such. 

A Captain from Weedon's Brigade & a Sub from 
the I Penn^ are to repair immediately to the Hos- 
pitals at the yellow springs to relieve Cap' Wallace 
and Lieu'. Sweringen. They will call at the 
Orderly Office for Instructions. 

At a General Court Martial whereof CoP Cham- 
bers was President, the 27 ulto L^ McDonald of 
the 3^^ Penn^ Reg' tried for " unofficer and ungentle- 
manlike behavior in taking 2 mares and a barrel of 
carpenter's tools on the lines, which mares he con- 
veyed away, and sold the tools at private sale — and 
with insulting behavior in refusing to comply with 
his arrest." After mature deliberation, the Court, tak- 
ing into consideration several circumstances are unani- 
mously of opinion that altho L'. McDonald is guilty of 
the facts alledged in the first charge that they do not 
amount to unofficer or ungentlemanlike behavior, and 
do acquit him of it, and likewise of the second. — 

The Commander in Chief is far from being satis- 
fied of the propriety of L'. M*" Donald's conduct — 
he knows of no authority under which he had a 
right to seize the horses in question and to apply 
them in the manner he did — he approves still less 
of the measures taken with respect to the tools. If 
the probability of their being carried into the enemy 
arises by a disaffected person justified the seizure, 
nothing can justify the applying them, as appears 
to have been intended, to private emolument; to 
the injury of the right owner, who was an absent 
and innocent person, who had only lodged them in 
the care of the other during his absence. They 



38 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

ought immediately to have been reported to and 
deposited with the Q' M General. — L*. M'^Donald 
is released from arrest. — 

Gen' Poor's, Varnums, Huntington's i^' & 2 
Penn^ and late Conway's Brigades and the Artillery 
to receive their pay for the months of Feby and 
March this day — Woodford's, Scott's and the North 
Carolina Brigades tomorrow — Glover's Pattersons 
and Learneds the 7'^ instant, Weedon's Muhlen- 
burg's the first & 2'^ Maryland, the 8'\ 

Brigade Orders 

A Gen*. Court Martial in the Corps of Artillery 
of which Col° Harrison is hereby appointed Presi- 
dent, will sit tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at the 
President's Tent for the trial of such persons as 
shall be brought before them — 

Cap', Rice — Cap'. Wells — i Cap', i Cap'. Lieu'. 
& 2 Lieutenants from Col° Harrison's Reg'. — Cap'. 
L' Dane — 2 Lieuts from Col° Cranes Reg'. — i 
from Col° Lamb's and 2 from Col° Procters Reg', 
will attend as members. 

Cap' L'. Powars — Judge Advocate. 

OfKicer of the Day — Cap' L'. Coltman. 

Orderly to H'^ Q". — Harrison 

to ye Brigade Crane. 

Detail for Guards 





s 


s 


c 


f&d m 


TOTAL 


Crane 


- 


- 


I 


10 


II 


Lamb 


- 


I 


- 


4 


5 


Procter 


- 


I 


- 


- II 


12 


Harrison 


I 





I 


2 20 


24 



45 52 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 39 



Officers 
for duty 
Tomorrow ! 



;th 



Brig Gen'. Patterson 



r 1 . L' Col° Coleman — Major Moore 

I Briorade Major Bannister 



1^ Inspector from Huntington's 

At a General Court Martial whereof CoP Cham- 
bers was President the 2 Ins' Cap'. Stake of the 10 
Penn^ Regiment tried for " propagating a report 
that Col° George Nagle was se^en on the 15 of May 
drinking either tea or coffee in Serg'. Howeraft's 
tent, with his whore, her mother, the said Howeraft 
and his family to the prejudice of good order and 
military discipline." The Court having considered 
the charge and evidence are unanimously of opinion 
that Cap'. Stake's justification is sufficient, and do 
acquit him of the charge exhibited against him — 
The General approves the acquital. 

At the same Court L', Sam'. Jones of the 15 Virg^ 
Reg*, tried for "concealing, and denying that he had 
in his possession, a pair of mittens belonging to Cap' 
Hull — 2*^'^ for gaming on the 12 of May and at 
sundry other times. 3*^'^ for behaving in a manner 
unbecoming an Officer and Gentleman in treating 
Cap' Hull with abusive language while under an 
arrest, and endeavoring to incense the Officers of 
his Regiment against him." The Court having 
considered the charge and evidence are of opinion 
that Lieu'. Jones is guilty of the charges exhibited 
against him, and do sentence him to be discharged 
the service. 

The General is entirely disposed to believe from 



40 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

the representations he has received in favor of Lieu*. 
Jones, that he was incapable of having retained the 
gloves with a fraudulent intention ; but as he has 
been clearly proved to have been guilty of the per- 
nicious practice of gaming, which will invariably 
meet with every mark of his disapprobation, he con- 
firms the sentence of dismissing Lieu' Jones. 

At the same Court Lieu'. John Roberts, of the 2^ 
North Carolina Regiment tried, — i^'for behaving 
in a scandalous, infamous manner — 2^^'^ for absent- 
ing himself from camp without leave." The Court 
having considered the charges and evidence are 
unanimously of opinion that L*. John Roberts is not 
guilty of the charges exhibited against him, and do 
acquit him — 

The General approves the acquital — but is sorry 
to see little personal bickerings between ofificers, 
which cannot with propriety be drawn into military 
offences, made the subjects of a court martial — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day. Cap'. L'. Bursey 

Col° Harrison gives the Orderly to Head Q'^ 

& Col° Crane to the Brigade 

Detail for Guards 





s 


s 


c 


F&D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 


I 


- 


- 


2 


10 


13 


Lamb 


- 


I 


- 


— 


4 


5 


Procter 


- 


- 


I 


- 


II 


12 


Harrison 


- 


I 


I 


- 


20 


22 



45 52 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 4 1 

At a Brigade Court Martial held this day, where- 
of Col° Harrison is President, George Deloney 
of CoP. Crane's Regiment tried for " desertion " — 
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to receive one 
hun'd lashes — also, John Gill of Col° Harrison's 
Regt. tried for being drunk on his post — pleaded 
guilty and was sentenced to receive fifty lashes — 
But many circumstances appearing in favor of the 
Prisoner, the Court recommend him for mercy. — 

The General approves the above sentences, remits 
the punishment ordered Gill — and forgives Delony 
also, in whose favor some particular circumstances 
have appeared. 

Officers r ^^'^ ^^""^ ^^^""^ 

f d t^ J L'CoP Haskill — Major Mentges 

rj. I Brig^ade Major Haskill 

lomorrow t , r ^r ^ 

[^ Inspector trom Varnum s. 

The General Court Martial whereof Col° Cham- 
bers is President is dissolved and another ordered to 
sit at the usual place to morrow for the trial of all 
such prisoners as shall be brought before them — 
Col° Livingston will preside — Each Brigade gives 
a Captain for the Court. 

A General Court Martial to sit tomorrow at 9 
"Clock at the gulf mill to try all such persons as 
shall be brought before them. L'. Col° Smith will 
preside — 4 Captains and 8 Subalterns from Col°. 
Jackson's detatchment will attend as members. 

The Court of Enquiry whereof Col° Johnson was 
President the 29* ult°. report as follows. The Court 
duly considering the charge exhibited against L' 



42 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

Col° Park, and his defence, are of opinion that he is 
guilty of having been absent from camp without 
leave but that he is not guilty of negligence of duty 
while in camp. The Court taking into considera- 
tion the peculiar circumstances attending L' Col° 
Parks absence, and the punishment he has already 
endured in consequence of his arrest and suspen- 
sion from duty, beg leave to recommend him to his 
Excellency as worthy of acquital. — The General 
restores L*. Col" Park to his command. 

The Hon'ble the Congress have been pleased to 
come to the following Resolutions respecting the 
establishment of the Army. 

"In Congress, May 27 1778 
&*". as per printed Copy annexed. 

(Inserted between pages 66 & 67 of the original is 

a printed Act of Congress 

dated 2f^ May 1778, 

Entitled 

The Establishment of the 

American Army.) 

All officers will be careful to make themselves 
well acquainted with the Establishment, and govern 
themselves accordingly. 

The Commissaries will be particularly observant 
of what relates to their department with respect to 
rations and subsistence money. 

Till the Regiments shall be arranged agreeable 
to this establishment the nomination of regimental 
staff officers according to the mode here pointed 
out is to be suspended. 



general george washington 43 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day Cap* Burwell 

Col" Crane gives the Orderly to Head Q'^ 

CoP Procter to the Brigade. — 

Detail for Guards. 





S 


s 


C F&D 


M 


total 


Crane 


— 





I - 


10 


II 


Lamb 


I 


I 


— 2 


4 


8 


Procter 


- 


- 


- 


II 


II 


Harrison 


- 


I 


I - 


20 


22 




I 


2 


2 2 

8'\ 


45 


52 


"^■mnf^fc 


r Brig. 


Gen^ Muhlenburg 





^ _, . L' Col° Ramsey — Major Talbot 

„ ^ I Brigade Major Alden 

l^ Inspector from N° Carolina Brigade. 

Cap*. John Mercer of the 3*^ Virg^ Reg* is ap- 
pointed to act as Aid de Camp to Major General 
Lee, and is to be accordingly respected — 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day. Cap* L* Meredith 

Col° Harrison gives the Orderly to Head Q'\ 

& Col° Crane to the Brigade 

Detail for Guards. 





s 


s 


c 


F&D 


M 


total 


Crane 


- 


- 


- 


- 


10 


10 


Lamb 


- 


- 


— 


- 


4 


4 


Procter 


I 


I 


I 


2 


II 


16 


Harrison 


- 


I 


I 


- 


20 


22 



45 52 



44 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

„ f Brig. Gen^ Woodford 

fordur < ^^^°" ^^^^^ ^ ^^J^"* p^^^^^s 

^ ^ I Brigade Major Johnson 

lomorrow t . c ^^t -,r ■, -n, ■ 

V Inspector irom Woodfords Brig — 

After the dismission of the old guards the Briga- 
dier and field officers of the preceeding day are to 
assemble at the provost guard and examine into the 
charges against the several prisoners there, and the 
circumstances attending them and to discharge all 
such as shall appear to be improperly confined, or 
the length of whose imprisonment may be deemed 
a sufficient punishment for their crimes, or whose 
offences are so triffiing as to make the process of a 
General Court Martial unnecessary. — This to be a 
standing Order. — They are also to send to their 
Brigade and Regiments all those who are to be 
tried by Brigade or Regimental Courts. — 

Three Captains and 9 Lieutenants are wanted to 
officer the Company of Sappers. As this Corps 
will be a school of Engineering, it opens a prospect 
to such Gentlemen as enter it and will pursue the 
necessary studies with diligence, of becoming En- 
gineers and rising to the important employments 
attatched to that profession, such as the direction of 
fortified places &^ The qualifications required of 
the Candidates are that they be natives and have 
a knowledge of the mathematicks and drawing, or 
at least be disposed to apply themselves to those 
studies — They will give in their names at Head 
Quarters — 

L. of G. 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 45 

The Army is to take a new camp tomorrow morn- 
ing at 8 o'clock. The whole is to be in readiness 
accordingly, and to march to the respective grounds 
of encampment, which will be pointed out for each 
Division by the Q. M\ General. 

At a Division Court Martial the 7* instant, L*. 
CoP Badlam President, Adj' Allen of Col° Mich'. 
Jacksons Reg* tried, " first, for repeated disobedience 
of orders — 2*^ for abusive language to Major Hull, 
and refusing to leave his huttwhen ordered," unani- 
mously found guilty of the charges exhibited against 
him, and sentenced to be discharged the service — 

The Commander in Chief approves the sentence 
and orders it to take place. — 

Brigade Orders 

Officers of the Day — Cap* L' Symonds 

Col° Crane gives the Orderly to H*^ Q'\ — 

& Col° Lamb to the Brigade — 

Detail for Guards. 





s 


s 


c 


F&D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 


- 


I 


I 


- 


10 


12 


Lamb 


- 


- 


I 


- 


4 


5 


Procter 


- 


I 


- 


- 


II 


12 


Harrison 


I 


- 


- 


2 


20 


23 




I 


2 


2 


2 


45 


52 






Io*^ 


June 







Officers for Duty Brig Gen^ Poor 

Tomorrow L' Col° Harmer — Major Gaskin 

^ Brigade Major Mrshall [sic] 

Inspector from Scotts Brigade 



46 



ORDERLY BOOK OF 



Field Officers for Detatchment L'. Coll : Heath 
— Major Elison — 

For Fatigue, Coll. Brewer, L' Co" Miller — Major 
Hopkinson — 

B. Orders 

Officers for Day [sic] 

tomorrow Cap* Singleton 

Col° Crane gives the orderly to H Quarters 
Col° Harrison to ye Brigade 

Detail 





s 


s 


C 


F 


D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 


I 


o 


I 


I 


I 


9 


13 


Lamb 


— 


I 


o 


(( 


u 


8 


9 


Procter 


- 


- 


I 


u 


a 


8 


9 


Harrison 


- 


I 


i ( 


(( 


a 


20 


21 


Total 


I 


2 


2 


I 


I 


4.S 


.S2 



II" 



f Major Gen^ Lee — 
Officers Brig. Gen' Scott — 
for duty I U CoP Brent — Major Tubs 
Tomorrow Inspector from Penn^ Brigade 
I. Brigade Major Minnis. 

Some misunderstanding, and mistake in conse- 
quence, having arisen with respect to the Major 
Generals commands. The Commander in Chief 
directs that till a more perfect arrangement can be 
made under the new establishment, or till fur- 
ther orders on this head, each Major General is to 
command the Division heretofore assigned him, 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 47 

previous to the late disposition for a march ; but in 
case of an alarm, or any other General Movement of 
the Army, the three oldest Major Generals present 
and fit for duty are during the occassion to com- 
mand the right and left wings and second line of 
the Army, agreeable to the General Order of the 
23"^ of May last. The North Carolina Brigade is to 
supply the place of Maxwells in Lord Stirlings 
Division, till further orders. 

Upon firing the signal guns for an alarm, the 
Troops are to form immediately in front of their 
respective Brigades, and are to be marched by the 
senior Major Generals as above, to their respective 
alarm posts. 

The i' & 2*^ Maryland, and Varnum's Brigades 
are to draw up in front of their respective encamp- 
ments and send to the Commander in Chief for 
orders. 

A Major General is to be appointed for the day, 
who, with the Brigadier and Field Officers on that 
duty are carefully to attend to the police and good 
order of the camp. They are always to be on the 
grand parade at Guard Mounting, and when the 
Guards are marched off the Major General will 
make a distribution of the several duties of the day 
among the Field Officers of it. He is to receive 
and report to the Commander in Chief all the re- 
markable occurences which happened during his 
tour of duty, and will attend in an especial manner 
to the order of the 9* instant respecting prisoners, 
as there is reason to believe that many of them are 
improperly detained in the provost. 

All unnecessary waste of Timber is to be avoided. 



48 ORDERLY BOOK OF 

The Commanding Officers will know that their Q' 
Masters attend particularly to this business. 

The Commander in Chief having received ample 
testimony of the general good character and behavior 
of Lieut Jones, who was sentenced to be dismissed 
the service by a Gen' Court Martial, which sentence 
was approved by him on the 6*'' instant ; and being 
further satisfied by Gen'^ Woodford, Scott and other 
Officers that that Gentleman is not addicted to the 
vice of gaming, restores him to his rank and com- 
mand in the Regiment he belonged to, and in the 
line of the Army. 

At a Brigade General Court Martial June 2^ 1778, 
L*. Col° Adams President, Cap'. Norwood tried for 
"refusing to comply with a general order issued 
expressly for the relief of the Troops on pieket, 
founded on the necessity of the case, which at that 
period could not be otherwise remedied," found 
guilty of the charge exhibited against him and sen- 
tenced to be privately reprimanded by the Officer 
commanding the Reg^ to which he belongs — 

The Commander in Chief utterly disapproves the 
sentence, as altogether inadequate to the Offence. 
The mutinous and dangerous spirit which actuated 
Captain Norwood merited, in his opinion, the most 
exemplary punishment — He is to be released from 
his arrest. — 

At a Gen' Court Martial the 5 Ins'. CoP Cham- 
bers President, L' CoP Hubley of the 10 Penn* 
Reg*, tried for malicious behavior in being the occa- 
sion of Col° Nagle's signing a false return, to the 
injury of his honor and contrary to good order and 
military discipline in the case of Cap' Long, who as 



GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 49 

Col° Hubley told CoP Nagle was absent without 
leave, tho' he had Col° Hubleys and Gen^ Waynes 
orders to remain at Lancaster till the business he 
was sent on was perfected." After mature delibera- 
tion the Court are unanimously of opinion that L* 
Col° Hubley is not guilty, and do acquit him with 
honor. — The Commander in Chief confirms the 
opinion. 

At the same Court Cap' Redman of Late CoP 
Patten's Reg', tried for " misconduct on the night of 
the 11''' of last April; first, in neglecting to guard 
the passes by which means Cap'. Humphry was 
surprized, — 2^'^ not coming to Capt Humphry's 
assistance when he was attacked by the Enemy " — 
The Court are unanimously of opinion that Cap'. 
Redman is not guilty of the first charge exhibited 
against him and do acquit him ; they are of opinion 
that Capt'. Redman is guilty of the 2^ charge but 
think that his reasons for not marching to the assis- 
tance of Cap' Humphry are sufficient and do unan- 
imously acquit him with honor. — The Commander 
in Chief confirms the opinion of the Court. 

At the same Court Will"". Powell, soldier in Col° 
Angel's Regiment, was tried, " first for desertion, 
2<iiy for reinlisting — 3*^'^. for perjury" — found guilty 
and sentenced to receive 300 lashes 100 for each 
crime, and return to Col° Angell's Reg'. — The 
Com^ in Chief approves the sentence so far as it 
extends to 100 lashes — 

Likewise Edward Conolly, soldier in Col° Harri- 
son's Reg', of Artillery tried " first for deserting to 
the enemy — 2^^^. reinlisting into Col° Weltner's 
Reg'." found guilty of the charges exhibited against 



50 ORDERLY BOOK OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTOT^T 

him and sentenced to receive 200 lashes, 100 for 
each crime — The Commander in Chief approves 
the sentence the same as Powell's — These sen- 
tences to be put in execution tomorrow morning at 
the head of the Reg* to which they belong — 

The grand parade is assigned in front of Late 
Conways Brigade. 

Brigade Orders 

Officer of the Day, Cap^ Wilkenson 

Col° Crane gives the Orderly to Head Q". 

& Col° Lamb to the Brigade — 







Detail 








s 


s 


c 


F&D 


M 


TOTAL 


Crane 


- 


- 


- 


- 


9 


9 


Lamb 


- 


- 


— 


- 


8 


8 


Procter 


I 


I 


- 


2 


8 


12 


Harrison 


- 


I 


2 


- 


20 


23 



45 52 



INDEX 



Adams, Francis, Lieutenant, loth Penn- 
sylvania Regt., II. 

Adams, Peter, Lt. Col., 7th Maryland 
Regt., 48. 

Alden, Roger, Brigade Major, 2d Con- 
necticut Regt., 43. 

Allen, Jonathan, Adjutant, 8th Massa- 
chusetts Regt., 45. 

Angell, Israel, Colonel, 2d Rhode Island 
Regt., 22, 49. 

Badlam, Ezra, Lt. Col., 2d Massachusetts 
Regt., 45- 

Ballard, Robert, Lt. Col., ist Virginia 
Regt., 2. 

Bannister, Selh, Brigade Major, 4th 
Massachusetts Regt., 10, 39. 

Barber, Francis, Lt. Col, 3d New Jer- 
sey Regt., 35. 

Barry, James, 19. 

Bassett, Barakiah, Lt. Col., 14th Massa- 
chusetts Regt., 16. 

Bauman, Sebastian (?), Colonel, 2d Con- 
tinental Artillery, 3. 

Beauford, , Lt. Col, 31. 

Berrien, John, Major, North Carolina 
Brigade, 7,33. 

Bowman, Abraham, Colonel, 8th Vir- 
ginia Regt., 5, 7, 10, 31. 

Bradley, PhiHp Burr, Colonel, sth Con- 
necticut Regt., 20. 

Brent, William, Lt. Col,, ist Virginia 
State Regt., 46. 

Brewer, Jonathan, Colonel, Massachu- 
setts, 7, 46. 

Brice, John, Capt. Lt., 4th Continental 
Artillery, 10. 

Brooks, John, Lt. Col., 7th Massachusetts 
Regt., 35. 

Browne, Capt. Lt., 15, 19, 22, 25. 

Bunner, Rudolph, Lt. Col., 3d Pennsyl- 
vania Regt., 17. 



Burr, Aaron, Lt. Col., Malcolm's Addi- 
tional Continental Regt., 17. 

Burwell, Nathaniel, Captain, ist Conti- 
nental Artillery, 43. 

Bussey, Isaiah, Capt. Lt., 24th Conti- 
nental Artillery, 17, 40. 

Butler, , Lt. Col., 36. 

Campbell, , Major, 36. 

Chambers, James, Colonel, loth Penn- 
sylvania Regt., 4, 10, 18, 21, 31, 32, 37, 

39. 41. 48. 

Cherry, Samuel, Lieutenant, 2d New 
Hampshire Regt., 4. 

Church, Thomas, Major, 4th Pennsyl- 
vania Battalion, 26. 

Claiborne, , Brigade Major, 4, 31. 

Cleaveland, , Captain, 5, 6. 

Cline, John, 18. 

Cloyd, James, 7. 

Coffin, John, 3. 

Coleman, Dudley, Lt. Col., 13th Massa- 
chusetts Regt., 39. 

Coltman, Robert, Capt. Lt., 4th Con- 
tinental Artillery, 30, 38. 

Conolly, Edward, 49. 

Conway, Thomas, Major Gen. (author 
Conway Cabal), i, 7, 36, 38, 50. 

Cook, David, Captain, 3d Continental 
Artillery, 15, 30. 

Cotnam, George, Lt. Col., 4th Continen- 
tal Artillery, 12, 30. 

Crane, John, Colonel, 3d Continental 
Artillery, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11-14, 15, 17, 
19, 22-25, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 

43. 45. 46, SO- 
Cropper, John, Lt. Col., nth Virginia 
Regt., I, 6, 10, 21. 

Dane, , Capt. Lt., 38. 

Davies, William, Lt. Col., 14th Virginia 
Regt., 35. 



51 



52 



INDEX 



Davis, , Sergeant, lo. 

Davis, Septimius, Lieutenant, Patten's 
Additional Continental Regt., lo. 

Dayton, Elias, Colonel, 3d New Jersey 
Regt., 8. 

Dearborn, Henry, Lt. Col., 3d New 
Hampshire Regt., 36. 

De Kalb, John, Baron, Major Gen., 35. 

Deloney, George, 41. 

Dexter, Lieutenant, 22. 

Dorsey, Richard, Captain, Independent 
Co., Maryland Artillery, 22. 

Drew, John Lewis, 22. 

Duffey, Patrick, Capt. Lt., 4th Conti- 
nental Artillery, 30, 33. 

Du Plessis, , Lt, CoL, 30, 36. 

Edison, Thomas, Lieutenant, German 
Battalion of Pennsylvania, 7. 

Elison, , Major, 46. 

Eustis, Benjamin, Captain, 3d Continen- 
tal Artillery, 4, 15. 

Evans, , 11. 

Febiger, Christian, Colonel, nth Virginia 
Regt., II. 

Fenner, William, Major, 7th North Caro- 
lina Regt., 17. 

Finley, Ebenezer, Capt. Lt., Dorsey's 
Maryland Artillery, 7, 15. 

Fleury, Frangois Louis de, Lt. Col., 35. 

Ford, , Lieutenant, 12. 

Gaskin, Thomas, Major, sth Virginia 
Regt., 45- 

Gibbons, John, 25. 

Gill, John, 25, 41. 

Gist, , Colonel, 32. 

Glover's Brigade, 23, 38. 

Gourley, Thomas, Captain, Miles' Penn- 
sylvania Rifle Regt., 3. 

Gray, Neigol, Lt. Col., 12th Pennsylvania 
Regt., 31. 

Grayson, William, Colonel, Additional 
Continental Regt., 12, 

Greene, Christopher, Colonel, ist Rhode 
Island Regt., 2. 

Greene, Nathaniel, Major Gen., 9. 

Guest, , Colonel, 21. 

Harmer, Josiah, Lt. Col., 6th Pennsyl- 
vania Regt., 45. 



Harrison, Charles, Colonel, ist Continen- 
tal Artillery, 22-24, 25, 30, 32, 33, 35, 
36, 38, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 49, 50. 

Haskell, Elnathan, Major, 14th Massa- 
chusetts Regt., II, 41. 

Haskill, Lt. Col., isth Massachusetts 
Regt., 41. 

Hawes, Samuel, Major, loth Virginia 
Regt., 33. 

Hay, , Major, 36. 

Heath, , Lt. Col., 46. 

Hemmet, , Lieutenant, 3. 

Hopkins, , Major, 7. 

Hopkinson, , Major, 46. 

Howecraft, , Serjeant, 39. 

Hubley, Adam, Lt. Col., nth Pennsyl- 
vania Regt., II, 12, 48, 49. 

Hull, Edward, Captain, 15th Virginia 
Regt., 6, 21, 39. 

Hull, William, Major, Sth Massachusetts 
Regt., 45. 

Humphry, William, Captain, 2d Rhode 
Island Regt., 49. 

Huntington, Jedediah, Brig. Gen., 8, 17, 

36, 38. 39- 
Hutchinson, Ebenezer, Doctor, 23. 

Irvine, William, Lt. Col., 16. 

Jackson, Michael, Colonel, Sth Massa- 
chusetts Regt., 5, 41, 45. 

Johnson, Jonathan, Brigade Major, 5th 
Connecticut Regt., 16, 44. 

Johnson, , Colonel, 17, 41. 

Jones, Gibbs, Captain, Pennsylvania Ar- 
tillery, 9, 18. 

Jones, Samuel Beans, 21. 

Jones, Samuel, Lieutenant, 15th Virginia 
Regt., 39, 40. 48- 

Keene, Lawrence, Captain, Patten's Ad- 
ditional Continental Regt., 36. 

Killpatrick, William, Captain, 4. 

Kingsbury, John, Captain, North Caro- 
lina Artillery, 4, 15, 23, 25. 

La Fayette, Marquis de, 35. 

Lamb, John, Colonel, 2d Continental 
Artillery, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10-14, 15, 17, 
19, 22, 23, 25, 30, 32, 33, 36, 38, 40, 43, 
45. 46, SO- 



INDEX 



53 



Learned, , Brigade Major, i, 12, 26, 

38. 

Lee, , Captain, 24, 

Lee, , Major Gen., 9, 14, 16, 35, 43, 

46. 
Lewis, Thomas, Lieutenant, isth Virginia 

Regt., 6. 

Lincoln, , 14. 

Livingston, , Lt. Col., 23, 41, 

Long, — — , Captain, 48. 

McClure, , Lt. Col., 2. 

McClure, James, Capt. Lt., 2d Conti- 
nental Artillery, 15. 

McCormick, , Brigade Major, 5, 32. 

McDonald, , Lieutenant, 37. 

Mcintosh's Brigade, 11. 

Marks, Isaiah, Lieutenant, nth Virginia 
Regt., 7. 

Marshall, Elihu, Brigade Major of Poor's 
Brigade, 20, 45. 

Marvin, , Brigade Major, i, 23. 

Mauduit du Plessis, Thomas Antoine 
Chevalier de, 30, 36. 

Maxwell, William, Brig. Gen., 4, 47. 

Medaras, , Captain, 18. 

Mentges, Francis, Major, nth Pennsyl- 
vania Regt., 41. 

Mercer, Jiohn, Captain, 43. 

Meredith, , Capt. Lt., 43. 

Mifflin, Thomas, Major Gen., 14, 35, 37. 

Miller, , Lt. Col., 23, 46. 

Minnis, , Brigade Major, 2, 26, 46. 

Moore, , Major, 5, 39, 

Muhlenburg, Peter, Brig. Gen., 5, 11, 23, 
26, 33, 38, 43. 

Murray, , 14. 

Nagle, George, Colonel, loth Pennsyl- 
vania Regt., 39, 48, 49. 

Nash, Michael, 25, 

Nevil, John, 25. 

Nixon, , Colonel, 7. 

North, Caleb, Lt, Col., nth Pennsylvania 
Regt., 33. 

Norwood, Edward, Captain, 4th Mary- 
land Regt., 48, 

Oswald, Eleazer, Lt. Col., 2d Continental 
Artillery, 15, 25, 26. 

Parker, , Colonel, 17. 



Parks, , Lt. Col., 17, 42. 

Patten, , Major, 10. 

Patten, , Colonel, 36, 37, 49. 

Patterson, Samuel, Brig. Gen., i, 2, 8, 20, 
31.38,39- 

Pawling, Albert, Major, Malcolm's Addi- 
tional Continental Regt., 44. 

Peters, Andrew, Major, 2d Massachusetts 
Regt., 36. 

Pollard, , Major, 3. 

Poor, Enoch, Brig. Gen., 4, 12, 20, 31, 
38, 45- 

Porter, Andrew, Captain, 2d Continental 
Artillery, 2, 8. 

Porter, John, Major, 13th Massachusetts 
Regt., 32. 

Powell, William, Lieutenant, 8, 49, 50. 

Powers, William, Capt. Lt., 2d Conti- 
nental Artillery, 13, 30, 38. 

Procter, Thomas, Colonel, 4th Conti- 
nental Artillery, 4, 5,7-12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 
22, 23, 25, 30, 32, 33, 36, 38, 40, 43, 45, 
46, SO- 

Ramsey, Nathaniel, Lt. Col., 3d Mary- 
land Regt., 43. 
Raymond, Samuel, 3. 
Read, Isaac, Colonel, 4th Virginia Regt., 

5.14- 

Redman, , Captain, 49. 

Regnier, , Lt. Col., 16, 21, 32. 

Reynolds, John, 3. 

Rice, Joseph, Captain, 4th Continental 

Artillery, 38. 
Roberts, John, Lieutenant, Malcolm's 

Additional Continental Regt., 40. 

Sargent, Winthrop, Captain, 3d Conti- 
nental Artillery, 30. 

Scott, Charles, Brig. Gen., 4, 7, 14, 16, 33, 
38, 45, 46, 48. 

Seely, Isaac, Brigade Major, 2d Pennsyl- 
vania Brigade, 17. 

Selin, Anthony, Captain, 13. 

Seward, Thomas, Captain, 3d Continen- 
tal Artillery, 22. 

Shanks, Thomas, 32. 

Singleton, Anthony, Captain, ist Conti- 
nental Artillery, 46. 

Smith, , Lt. Col., 41, 44. 

Stagg, John, Brigade Major, Conway's 
Brigade, 8, 36. 



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INDEX 



Stake, Jacob, Captain, loth Pennsylvania 
Regt., 39. 

Starr, Josiah, Lt. Col., 7th Connecticut 
Regt.. 17. 

Steuben, Frederick William Augustus 
Henry Ferdinand, Baron von, 4, 5. 

Still, , Major, 17. 

Stirling, Lord, 35, 47. 

Sumner, , Major, 10. 

Sweringen, Joseph, Lieutenant, 12th Vir- 
ginia Regt., 37. 

Swift, Herman, Colonel, 7th Connecticut 
Regt., II. 

Synionds, James, Capt. Lt., 45. 

Talbot, Major, 43. 

Ten Eyck, Major, 14. 

Ternant, Jean Baptiste, Major, 35. 

Toomy, John, Lieutenant, Gist's Addi- 
tional Continental Regt., 32. 

Tubs, Samuel, Major, 14th Massachusetts 
Regt., 46. 

Turberville, , Captain, 14. 

Van Cortlandt, Philip, Colonel, 2d Nevvr 

York Regt., 26. 
Van Heer, Bartholomew, Captain, 4th 

Continental Artillery, 15. 
Van Schaick, Goose, Colonel, ist New 

York Regt., 4, 23. 



Varnum, James Mitchell, Brig. Gen., 5, 

10, 14, 32, 38, 41, 47. 
Vose, Elijah, Colonel, ist Massachusetts 

Regt., 36. 
Vowles, Henry, Adjutant, 7th Virginia 

Regt., 5. 

Walker, James, Ensign, Gist's Additional 

Continental Regt., 21. 
Wallace, Andrew, Captain, 12th Virginia 

Regt., 37- 

Wallis, , Major, 7. 

Wayne, Anthony, Brig. Gen., 2, 10, 23, 41, 

49. 

Webb, , Lieutenant, 31. 

Weedon, George, Brig. Gen., 4, 32, 37, 

38. 

Wells, , Captain, 38. 

Weltmer, , Colonel, 49. 

Whaling, James, 25, 26. 
Whiteman, William, 18. 
Wigglesworth, Edward, Colonel, 26, 

36. 

Wilkenson, , Captain, 15, 50. 

Winslow, , Major, 4. 

Wisenfeldt, , Lt. Col., 12. 

Wood, John, 19. 

Woodford, William, Brig. Gen., 5, 12, 38, 

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